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STARCHING MACHINE.

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STARHING MACHINEI No. 345,995. Patented July 20, 1886L WITNESSBS:INVENTOR @f M .Z f Hmmmmm BY www?? t2 E- //Jwaww@ ATTORNEYS UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAMILTON E. SMITH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

STARCHiNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,995,.dated July 20,1886.

Application filed April [6, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HAMILTON E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State cf New York, h'aveinvented new and useful Improvements in Starching-llIachines, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for starching fabrics; and itconsists in the combination of devices hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, illustratingmy invention, in which- Figure l is a plan view of my improvedstarching-machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in the planeyy, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line z .a of Fig.2.

Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the starch-1eservoir, which ispreferably made of copper lined with tin, which is secured to the insideofthe table or frame B, and rests on suitable cross-pieces, a, Fig. 2.On the bottom of this reservoir is mounted' on auti-frictiou rolls a therubber O, which has imparted to it a reciprocating motion in thedirection of its length by means of a suitable crank. In the exambleshown in the drawings, the reciprocating rubber is connected at b with arod, c, which passes through astufing-box, d, to prevent leakage, andhas formed thereon a link, c, provided with a sliding block, f, which isconnected with a crank, g, having suitable bearings in a yoke, D,secured to the table or frame at h. Motion is imparted to the crank g bymeans of the pulley E, secured to a shaft, t', having bearings atj onthe table or frame, and the gear-wheels 7c Z, mounted, respectively, onthe shaft t' and crank and meshing into each other. On the shaft i isalso mounted a loose pulley, E', on which the belt E2 may be shifted byany suitable means, when so desired.

O is the upper rubber, which is free to be moved up and down, as thedifferent thicknesses or quantities of goods operated upon may require.Said rubber is hung from the arms m, which slide in suitable standards,n, mounted on two opposite sides of the frame. Each of the arms m isconnected by means of a rod, o, and arm o to a rock-shaft, t', whichSerial No.162,480. (No model.)

' is suspended from the table or fra-me at p g,

and is turned by the handlever F, whereby the rubber is raised orlowered. The rods o pass through recesses r, formed in the frame ortable, and the rod on the left-hand side is curved, to avoid thestuffing-box d. A stop, 1", keeps the lever in a position correspondingto the upper position ofthe rubber.

In order to keep the starchesolution which is poured in thestarch-reservoir at a sufliciently high degree of temperature, I placeand secure a steanichamber, G, underneaththe same, through which steamenters through the inlet-pipe s, and makes its exit. through the pipe t,and, since the reservoir is made of comparatively thin metal plate, theheat is readily transmitted to the starch-solution in the reservoir.

A In the operation of the machine, the articles to be starched areplaced between the two rubbers, and the upper rubber is lowered by meansof the hand-lever F, so as to bear upon the articles, and then areciprocating motion is impart-edito the lower rubber .by the meansdescribed, whereby the articles are caused to be fully impregnated withthe starch-solution.

In the bottom of the starch-reservoir is a plug, n. by means of whichthe starch-reservoir can be emptied. In order to evenly spread thestarch over the fabric the same is passed between the rolls of awringer,I, mounted on the table or frame, and, in the example shown in thedrawings, motion is imparted to the same from the shaft t' by means oftwo wheels, w u', belted together, and mounted, respectively, on theshafts t' and u2; but any other means can be employed. Both the rubbersO C are best formed of wooden blocks suitably grooved, which are mountedin ametallic frame, b', whereby a sinuous surface is produced, and allwarping is prevented.

To facilitate the removal of the articles from the starch-reservoir, Iprovide a sloping surface, L, on the frame, upon which the articles canbe laid and allowed to drain.

NVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in astarchingmachine, of a starch-reservoir, a lowerreciprocating rubber, an upper vertically-movable rubber having attachedarms m, the rods o,connected lOO at their upper ends with said arms, thearms 0,eonneeted with the lower ends of the rods o,

the rook-shaft v7, connected with the arms o',

and the lever F on the sha-ft, substantially as 5 described.

2. In,asbarehing-maehino, the combination, with the starehreservoir andLhe steam-eliamber, of the rubbers C C, the rod c, the link and slidingblock f, and the crank g, for im- Io parting a reciprocating motion tothe rubber C, the arms m, standards n, rods o, arms o', and the lever F,for adjusting the rubber G,sub stautiully as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence oftwo subscrib- 15 ing Witnesses.

HAMILTON E. SMITH. [L s] Vituesses:

XV. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

